Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-23
HERR MOST LOCKED UP.
The Leader OF the Reds Behind the Bars
He is Indicted by the Grand Jury.

The Leader OF the Reds Behind the Bars
He is Indicted by the Grand Jury.
New York, Nov. 17.-Johann Most,
the Anarchist, was arrested at noon to-
day at the office of his newspaper, by
Detective Sergeants Crowley and Nc
CURE, of Inspector Byrnes' staff. He
was taken directly to police headquar-
tiers and through the aldermen's gate and
locked up in one of the cells in the
basement. His arrest was made
by direction of Inspector Byrnes on
warrant issued by Justice Cowing, to-day,
for having made an incendiary speech
calculated to incite a riot on last Friday
night in hall in Seventh Street. The
warrant was made returnable before
Justice Cowing in the court.
AS early as last Wednesday Supt.
Murray intimated to his captains that
they should take particular pains In
watching the movements of Anarchists
in this city, especially during the ex-
element attending the hanging of
the Anarchists in Chicago on Friday
and their funeral on Sunday. On
Thursday night was the parade of the
Reds and then all the reserved were
on duty. Late last night Supt. Murray
issued special orders to captains to fol-
low all the movements OF all Anarchists,
and to report to him any meeting they
were likely to hold.
On Saturday night wake was to be
held by the Anarchists in Florence Hall,
in Second Avenue. but Capt. McCullagh
succeeded in getting his officers there be-
fore the Socialists arrived and made the
place decidedly uncomfortable for the
malcontents. But while this was going
on, Johann Most, with his companion
Lena Fisher, was attending an
Anarchists meeting in Seventh Street.
After the audience got well warmed up
Most himself made a speech which was
particularly blood curdling in character.
Unfortunately for Most, Patrolmen Rott
and Sechs, of the Fourteenth Precinct,
were there in civilians dress, taking
notes. These memoranda were brought
toSupt. Murray and laid before him, and
for the Anarchist. He was not
to be found. There was every
reason to believe that he had lett the
jurisdiction of the state and was in hid
ing somewhere. Then the shrewdness Q.
Inspector Byrnes came into play. He
knew that ii he made public the guam
Diary of the police. Most would naturally
learn Of it and he would stay out of
the city indefinitely. So he kept
MS DOuJn S0dIOU anu dllOWGu
the excitement Of the search for Most to
die out The bait was we'll used. Most
thought the trouble was gone by and
yesterday he came back to the city and
went to work with his paper.
Mr.. Byrnes was informed of this
and early this morning he
went before the district attorney
and presented the evidence he had OBJ
tanned against Most for his incehdiar-
ism and asked that the grand jury find
an indictment against him. The inspect
or and seven witnesses gave testimony
and an indictment was found. In the
meantime Most had been arrested.
Most insists that he did not use the
language attributed to him by the police.
This is the second time he has been ar
rested for making violent speeches. He
will probably get the full extent of the
law, which is one years imprisonment
and fine.